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About Me
- Farmboy and Buttercup
- We have been married for 18 years, blessed with 3 home grown kids and 3 children hand-chosen by God from Ethiopia. On April 14, 2008, we adopted our 4.5 yr old twins at the time. August 14, 2008, we were asked by our agency if we would consider the twins 2 yr old sister, as their mother had recently died. Finally, on Nov. 1, 2009, we got our little girl and we are now this family.
Our Email
aka - CJ (Chad Johnson)
aka - Z
aka - ACTION
T - Jammer
TK - Munchkin
L'il B - The Tater
What you should know about HIV
- HIV can NOT be spread through casual/household contact. HIV is not spread through hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing toys, sneezing, coughing, sharing food, sharing drinks, bathing, swimming or any other casual way. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and blood to blood contact (such as sharing needles).
- HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives.
- People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do. If anyone wants more info on transmission, there is great info on the Center for Disease Control website at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/transmission.htm
- HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives.
- People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do. If anyone wants more info on transmission, there is great info on the Center for Disease Control website at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/transmission.htm
ADOPTION TWO TIMELINE
- July 30, 2009 - Court Date # 2 - SHE'S OURS!!!
- July 14, 2009 - Court Date
- March 16, 2009 - Dossier in Ethiopia
- February 25, 2009 - CIS approval
- February 10, 2009 - CIS fingerprint appt.
- January 29, 2009 - Gladney approved
- January 9, 2009 - Send off to CIS
- January 9, 2009 - Homestudy FINALLY approved
- November 26, 2008 - Send completed homestudy to Gladney for approval
- November 25, 2008 - Talk with Natalie and Scott Brown and decide to use Gladney again
- Oct/Nov 2008 - agency decisions, stay with Gladney or go with an agency familiar with this adoption situation
- October 15, 2008 - Home study update visit
- October 1, 2008 - Yes, we are excited to add another child to our family
- August 14, 2008 - Get a call from Natalie at Gladney. Would we consider adopting their little sister?
Our Adoption Timeline
- Dec 8, 2006 Farmboy and Buttercup go to Carrabba's for dinner and Farmboy asks, "So, are we going to adopt or what?" This is the beginning...
- Jan. 2007 - just think about adoption
- Feb. 2007 - look into foster to adopt programs
- March 2007 - Go to foster/adopt program, leave thinking we may want to pursue international adoption instead
- March 2007 - research international adoption
- April 10, 2007 - First home study visit
- April, 2007 - research countries and decide to pursue adopting from Ethiopia
- April, 2007 - work with first adoption agency and their waiting children list
- May 2007 - leave 1st agency as coordinator has left the Ethiopia program
- May 17, 2007 - 2nd home study visit
- May 2007 - research agencies and decide on Gladney
- June 2007 - switch to our new doctor, an adoptive parent himself (5 times)
- June 1, 2007 - Get FBI prints for our agency and home study
- June 18, 2007 - Get FBI "no arrest" stamp (a good thing)
- July 9, 2007 - finally get finalized home study, send off to USCIS
- July 16, 2007 - get Gladney approval (a very good thing since our dossier is about done)
- Aug. 1, 2007 - USCIS fingerprint appt.
- Sept. 21, 2007 - CIS approval, yea!!! This is the last thing we are waiting for, now we send the dossier off for authentication and then to Ethiopia
- Oct. 5, 2007 - our case worker emailed us to inform us we are officially on the waiting list.
- Feb. 27, 2008 - We received and accepted our referral for our 4 yr old twins
- March 6, 2008 - Surprise!!! A quicker than expected court date set - March 26
- March 26, 2008 - court 1 day delayed since judge decided to play hookie
- March 27, 2008 - Successful Court Date!
- April 14, 2008 - Gotcha Day!
32 comments:
That's great! I hope that you sail right through!
I have God bumps ALL OVER!!!!!!!!! PTL! Oh, what great news! I think that once again, you will get to meet some of my kiddos while there. I'll PM you. :-)
Blessings,
Kristy
Such great news!
Halleluiah!!! We'll be watching and waiting!
I am so happy for you and praying!
Oh wow, thank goodness! Praying it's a go for you guys!!! I heard that court closures are August 7 -September 27 this year, so I'm praying you have no problem with passing before then! :D
Hooray-up here celebrating and praising God for you!
That is GREAT news. I will be praying!!!
Lenka
Wonderful news!! Blessings to you all.
By the way - polls maybe aren't much of a distraction as you wait..., but they can be fun! So, yes, I highly recommend it just for the fun of it!
I am so happy for you. We are praying that you pass through successfully on the first try.
So happy to hear this! We'll keep you in our prayers to pass the first time around.
I'm so glad you have a court date! I will be praying!
I just gasped out loud! HOOORAH HOORAY HOORAH!!!!! Jumping for joy. YOu've been waiting for this so so long and I am so thrilled. I know there are other things that have to happen post court, this infernal wait on culture, but you are almost there now. Email me or Tom about stuff on the cultures to see how to check into procedure changes that were mentioned once. you know my email. tom's is tlgautsch@comcast.net
SO SO SO thrilled for you!! Answered prayers! oh boy oh boy! Muchlove M
And yeah, praying for court, but I have been...so now it's praying for court, part two! Hooray! THanks be To God! Love M
Can't wait to hear that Lil' B will be home soon. You will be in our prayers.
Congratulations! Praying along with you!
How wonderful! It's so fun to see your ticker with a count down to her court date!!! See you next weekend, camping!?!
YESSSSSS awesome.
we are praying too.
love
albertsons
Incredible news!! Thank you Lord. :)
Finally!! That's wonderful news!! So happy for you all and are praying as we speak!
Wonderful! A court date to put on the calendar, a day to pray for! We'll be thinking of you guys! So excited for you!
OH Sharon....I am so far behind of blogs but so glad I checked today! Yeah!!!
So so excited for you!!!!
Yeah! I am so excited and I will also be praying with you!
Great news! Will be praying with you.
Jan
Just found your blog again (after finding it ages ago and then misplacing it!) We have a court date July 2nd. Praying with you! :) God bless!
Great news!
Jan
It is coming up quickly. How exciting. I can't wait to hear how it goes! Maybe you'll get through right away. We're hoping so!
Yeah!!!!! How wonderful to get in right before rainy season!!!!
What GREAT NEWS to read! We'll be praying for you :)
Praying for your family!! Amy
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